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40 Facts About Adolf Hitler and His Dramatic Fall

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Portrait of Klara Hitler née Pölzl , an Austrian woman, wife of Alois Hitler and mother of Adolf Hitler. Axis History/Wikimedia Commons.

38. His Little Brother Died at a Young Age

In 1900, Hitler’s younger brother, Edmund, fell sick with measles and died from the disease. The experience reportedly had a marked effect on him and caused him to withdraw; he became introverted and detached from his family and social life that he had once enjoyed.

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